From: Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>
Date: 2007-01-07T04:06:52+09:00
Subject: Re: HOW-TO produce random numbers within a range?

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On 1/6/07, Ruby N00bie <ralphallan@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
> Thanks for reading this.
> I am very new to Ruby and have been learning using a tutorial at
> http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/
> by Chris (thanks Chris)
> After searching fairly thoroughly in forums and tutorials I found no
> answer to my problem.
> I have come to a point where i need to generate a random number within a
> range.
>
> I have learnt that rand(100) produces random numbers from 0 to 99 but i
> need to know how to set a minimum for the random number.
>
> Your help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance, tckl.
>
> --
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
>
You have to do this yourself, say you want a random number between 42 and a
than you have to write

42+rand(a+1-42)  # BTW it would be legal to write a - 41 ;)
It would be nice an exercise to define your own method to do this

HTH
Robert

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